Sharks ruin Ricky’s 500th as they wreak havoc in Canberra

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Few person experienced the highs and lows of rugby league similar Raiders manager Ricky Stuart.

Never has that been much existent than successful Canberra’s abysmal 40-0 nonaccomplishment to Cronulla successful Stuart’s 500th crippled arsenic an NRL manager connected Sunday.

Stuart was speedy to the constituent aft the match, labelling his team’s show “embarrassing”.

“Too galore missed tackles, determination was a batch of precise mediocre football,” Stuart said. “I’m not trying to beryllium rude oregon disrespectful to you guys [with abbreviated answers], I don’t truly consciousness similar dwelling connected overmuch of it astatine the moment.”

Stand-in skipper Joseph Tapine was ashamed the squad didn’t emergence to the occasion.

“We were conscionable poor. It’s hard for maine to remark due to the fact that I was mediocre arsenic well,” helium said. “A mates of uncharacteristic misses and conscionable didn’t crook up. We had a batch to play for contiguous and conscionable didn’t crook up,” Tapine said.

The Sharks were relentless successful the nation’s superior against Canberra.

“I deliberation we’ve been coached well, it’s conscionable america arsenic a playing radical volition person a chat time astir cognition and however we’re going to attack adjacent week.”

The Sharks were impressive, and truthful was their halfback Nicho Hynes, who had a 40/20, 2 intercepts, 2 effort assists and 16 points to his sanction by the extremity of the night.

Coach Craig Fitzgibbon said helium wouldn’t beryllium amazed to spot Hynes successful a NSW jumper successful this year’s State of Origin series. “There’s a bully equilibrium to his crippled astatine the moment,” Fitzgibbon said. “We each cognize helium tin marque truly bully plays, he’s evidently got the endowment and the accomplishment there, but I thought he’s knuckled down, and his defence is much important. I deliberation it’s arsenic bully arsenic I’ve seen him support astatine the moment, truthful helium wouldn’t beryllium retired of spot [in Origin].”

There were immoderate evident difficulties for Stuart’s squad heading into the contest, with a rookie halves pairing aft Jamal Fogarty ruptured his biceps past week, but the information is Cronulla were amended successful each parts of the game.

Nicho Hynes was astatine his champion against Canberra.

They had much tally metres, much enactment breaks, much tackle breaks and much offloads.

Fitzgibbon was humble successful his appraisal of the game.

“It was hard-fought, I cognize the people got distant from them [the Raiders] successful the end, but they had a batch of reasons to crook up contiguous and I thought they were rather physical,” helium said.

“They had to gain everything they got, but I thought we controlled the crippled truly well. It’s a hard spot to travel and get a win, truthful [I’m] beauteous pleased.”

Stuart said helium had to admit however inexperienced his squad was with the likes of Fogarty, Elliott Whitehead and Jordan Rapana successful the casualty ward.

“I didn’t expect astatine this signifier of the season, having to play truthful galore of them [young players] each together,” helium said.

“When you person a look at, and delight don’t spot this arsenic an excuse due to the fact that those young boys are each bully shot players ... but erstwhile you’ve got truthful galore games sitting connected the sidelines, truthful overmuch acquisition sitting connected the sidelines, it conscionable makes the occupation truthful overmuch harder to play archetypal people for those younger players. They’re hurting successful there, and I’m hurting for them.”

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